Well everyone bakes a Victoria sponge and here is mine! Good friends and good food on a fine summer day... good enough to celebrate with a beautiful sponge with lots of lovely summer strawberries :)
I added a dash of rose extract to give the usual Victoria sponge a new refreshing flavour. Baking a naked cake with some lovely summer fruits was the idea, like a fancy Victoria sponge cake :D
After an evening with friends, the cake vanished and I knew I had got it right ;)
Fancier Victoria Sponge Cake
I must say these are irresistible!!! Had the opportunity to bake these for my best friend's son's first birthday party :) So you should know these are super special and an amazing addition to any get to-gathers. Everyone at the party loved it and what more gratification do you need when the people for whom you baked are HAPPY!
I had used the food processor to whiz z the pastry and the kitchen had lots going on at the moment so we had the pastry dough in fridge for few hours before cutting out the hearts. The dough was very soft and for better handling, the cut out cookies were refrigerated for 15 mins before popping into the hot oven. They baked into perfection and it was fun sandwiching the two cookies with our favorite berry conserve.
Jam Biscuits
Recipe adapted from BBC
Well this was my first Jam project :) An abundance of plums and a productive afternoon resulted in some fresh jarful of these fruity goodness.
We used up most of the jam slathered on warm scones or toasted breads and it always made for some lovely breakfast. A pretty straightforward recipe which comes together easily.
Plum Jam
Wish you all a very Happy Easter :)
♥ Thank you ♥
